The Prisoner

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  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9780415668651
  • 16 november 2011
  • 158 pagina's
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The past fifteen years have seen dramatic growth in imprisonment in the UK, yet our understanding of the lives and experiences of prisoners remains limited. Drawing on in-depth interviews with prisoners, this book aims to redress this by providing insight into various aspects of the lives of prisoners and their experiences of incarceration.





Little of what we know about prison comes from the mouths of prisoners, and very few academic accounts of prison life manage to convey some of its most profound and important features: its daily pressures and frustrations, the culture of the wings and landings, and the relationships which shape the everyday experience of being imprisoned.

The Prisoner aims to redress this by foregrounding prisoners’ own accounts of prison life in what is an original and penetrating edited collection. Each of its chapters explores a particular prisoner sub-group or an important aspect of prisoners’ lives, and each is divided into two sections: extended extracts from interviews with prisoners, followed by academic commentary and analysis written by a leading scholar or practitioner. This structure allows prisoners’ voices to speak for themselves, while situating what they say in a wider discussion of research, policy and practice. The result is a rich and evocative portrayal of the lived reality of imprisonment and a poignant insight into prisoners’ lives.

The book aims to bring to life key penological issues and to provide an accessible text for anyone interested in prisons, including students, practitioners and a general audience. It seeks to represent and humanize a group which is often silent in discussions of imprisonment, and to shine a light on a world which is generally hidden from view.

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en
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Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
16 november 2011
Aantal pagina's
158
Illustraties
Nee

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Hoofdredacteur
Ben Crewe
Tweede Redacteur
Jamie Bennett
Hoofduitgeverij
Taylor & Francis

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Product breedte
156 mm
Product lengte
234 mm
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165 mm
Verpakking hoogte
19 mm
Verpakking lengte
241 mm
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417 g

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